Drought
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There have been many stories about extreme weather around the world in the news over the last few weeks. Here are a couple that you might not have seen. Phys.org: Glacial melt in High Mountain Asia accelerating as summers warm Science: Europe’s deadly floods leave scientists stunned All About Feed: Abnormal heatwave in Russia threatens…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows, that most areas of abnormally dry (D0) conditions remain the same, but that a small area of moderate (D1) drought was added to central Virginia this week. There were no changes to the Puerto Rico map, either. With relatively light amounts of rain expected in the next…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry (D0) conditions in Virginia, North and South Carolina have contracted due to recent rains from TS Elsa and frontal activity. The small area of D0 in southern Florida did not change. Abnormally dry conditions in Puerto Rico also shrunk but the area of moderate…
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There have been a lot of stories about heat and drought across the world over the last couple of weeks. Here are some of the ones that I thought were the most interesting. The Guardian: In California’s interior, there’s no escape from the desperate heat: ‘Why are we even here?’ Idaho Statesman: Amid drought, thousands…
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This week’s Drought Monitor map shows that there is still moderate drought (D1) and abnormally dry conditions (D0) in the Carolinas and Virginia. The map was produced with a cutoff of Tuesday, so the rain that is falling there today will probably reduce the dry conditions in next week’s map. Florida’s dry conditions were significantly…
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The latest drought map, released this morning, shows that abnormally dry conditions now cover quite a bit of central North Carolina. Moderate (D1) drought has expanded there and also slightly in Virginia. All abnormally dry conditions have been removed from Georgia and are reduced in Florida and South Carolina. Rain this weekend and potentially next…
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Recent rains have put a dent in dry conditions and drought across the Southeast this past week. The rains, from the remains of TS Claudette and a strong cold front, reduced drought in the Carolinas and Florida. Moderate (D1) drought expanded slightly in Virginia, although overall dry conditions were reduced. With not much rain expected…
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